Our day at Woldingham
Not a busy session unlike last time, I made about 4 SSB contacts on the 2M Halo, plus about 6 on 2M FM. Poor Paul only managed 2 and what with the rain and hail, he had a tough session! Check out his blog at 2e0tzo.co.uk for more info. He used a longwire and a tuner with an FT-897.

You can see the halo I had, fixed to a post using some elastic cord, I ran the usual 100w into it.

Another radio outing comming up!!
I am off to Warlingham tomorrow (if it does'nt rain!), I am taking my 2M halo this time. I have not used it for a very long time and need to check the tuning. The 706 does not have an SWR meter for 2M so I will connect it to a chum's 897 and test it out (he does'nt know about it yet!). Of course I shall be running 100w into it!

Went up to Reigate hill with some chums from the Sutton and Cheam club. I made around 12 contacts, mostly Lighthouses. Most of the contacts were on the 40M band and the rest on 17M. Missed a station on 6M SSB in Lancs, M5BXB I think the call was, a shame.